... Space flight . ... Space Hotel . ... Small orbital stations (SOS) are intended for the arrangement of flexible manned programs on commercial basis with the possibility of using the traditional Russian manned , cargo spacecrafts, their modifications and new modules oriented for the minimum costs and terms of orbital objects development . оThe principle of SOS building is as follows: it is developed not as a separate self-sufficient project of an ... It means a possibility of: . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... SUN MOON MERCURY VENUS MARS, JUPITER SATURN . ... Mars . ... Sky this Week . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Mars mission given green light by NASA to proceed to development . ... NASA announced today that the University of Colorado at Boulder-led mission to Mars to investigate how the planet lost much of its atmosphere eons ago has been approved by the space agency to move into the development stage. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this...

MATHEMATICAL MODELING: . ... This model is developed on the base of the probabilistic description of the collisional aeronomical processes and is realized on a computer as the numerical system (stochastic model). ... Shematovich, V.I., Bisikalo , D.V.             Nonequilibrium processes in the planetary and cometary atmospheres. ... In Russian) . ... Piarnpuu , A. A.; and Shematovich, V. I.       Construction of structural stochastic models of collision processes in rarefied gas media (abstract) . ...

System of astrometric databases of Pulkovo observatory. ... The purpose of these observations is the determination of precise coordinates of Solar system bodies, which is necessary for development and improvement of motion theories, and for studying the evolution of the Solar system. ... Accuracy of photographical observations is about 0.2-0.3 arcsec for equatorial coordinates and 0.1-0.3 for relative coordinates of planetary satellites, depending on object and observational conditions. ...

... Data bases (DB) and information systems (IS) in the Solar-Terrestrial Physics (STP) have been under development during many years in the following directions: . ... Other samples to handle and to archive data on a CD-ROM are listed. It is shown that growth of Russian language content in Internet lead to the necessity to establish a digital library and to develop its infrastructure: catalogues, search systems, directories and information systems, procedures to access collected data. ...

Photon Scattering: Basic Principle of Photon Scattering . Audio Narration is available . No Scattering: Photon Source and Detector . ... For optical photons, scattering goes as wavelength to the -4 power. In the case of blue photons compared to red photons, this means that blue photons are about 10 times more likely to get scattered than red photons. ... Watch the blue photons scatter away from the detector . ... Interstellar dust make stars appear redder than they really are . ...

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WALTER W. GUY BIOGRAPHICAL DATA SHEET NAME: Walter W. Guy O RAL H ISTORY: 30 OCTOBER 2006 27 NOVEMBER 2006 29 JANUARY 2007 EDUC ATIONAL · · BACKGROUND: Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering , University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 1959 Master of Science degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Materials Science, Rice University, Houston , TX, 1968 NASA EXPERIENCE: NASA Langley Research Center , Hampton, VA (1959-1961) · W. W. Guy and J. F. Saunders, Jr., ...

SITE 2010 Comprehensive Characterization of Astronomical Sites Kislovodsk, Russia, 49 October 2010 Conference Summary Marc S. Sarazin*a a European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany Abstract The main topics discussed during the Site 2010 conference are outlined and the outcome is described. Keywords: Astronomical Site testing, precipitable water vapor, atmospheric turbulence, cloudiness, seeing 1. ... Site surveys for National observatory projects in China, India, and Iran benefit from this. ...

. The optical instrument making is a work area of Laboratory for atmosphere optics of MAO NAN of Ukraine. The developments of lab staff is simple optical devices for scientific, industrial application and unique developments of astronomical devices, including space experiments. You can see our developments in section design of optical systems and production of aspherical optics. Staff . Design of optical systems . Production of aspherical optics . Contact . to main of Laboratory .

... Calculations of at least two runs with different values of a parameter are required in order to discover to what extent the results depend on the , if at all. ... In order to study how the final statistical distributions depend on the initial functions, the method of Green functions is used. ... Then we can restore any distribution on this parameter (with a certain accuracy) by summing the results for each interval with the appropriate weight. ...

Preliminary results of astroclimate parameters measurements at the Sternberg 2.5m telescope installation site V.Kornilov, N.Shatsky, S.Potanin, O.Voziakova, B.Safonov Moscow, 2008 Acknowledgements A.Belinskiy M.Kornilov A.Tokovinin M.Kuznetsov P.Kortunov E.Gorbovskoy SAI administration some SAI students Pulkovo solar station (KHSS) staff RFBR support MAVEG Gmbh Why to study optical turbulence and some other relevant ... Mean seeing by DIMM data for this night is 1''5. ...

General Knowleges about Astrometry. ... Universal Tool, Meridian Tool, Meridian Circle, Vertical, Photografic Zenithal Telescope, Astrolabe, Zenith Telescope, Horizontal Meridian Circle, etc. Meridian Principle of Objects' Coordinates Determination. ... Absolute and Relative Methods of Coordinates Determination. ... Photografic Method in Astrometry. Telescopes for Position Observations by Photografic Method. ... Basis and Theory of Photografic Method of Coordinates Determination. ...

... Students Life . ... International programs . ... International Marketing ? ... Lectures at the summer school will be delivered by associate professors and professors of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, students will be supervised by the staff of the Department of International Programs and Academic Mobility and the Center of Area Studies, allowing students to get the most out of Ukrainian culture and diversity of the city of Kharkiv in addition to learning Economics and Russian language. ...

Number of spectral channels . ... Spectral channels MSU-SK #1 (#2): . ... 0,54-0,60 (0,54-0,59) µm . ... Ground Resoultion I-IV/V channels . ... Scanning Rate I-IV/V channels . ... Radiation Temperature Measurement Range in Channel V . ... Instrument Error for Radiation Temperatute Measurement in Channel V . ... Ground resolution corresponds to normal flihgt altitude 650 km. For more information send a mail to: info@sputnik.infospace.ru . ...

J/AstL/vol/page SAI Open Clusters Catalog (Glushkova+, 2009) ================================================================================ Automated search for star clusters in large multiband surveys. ... Color excesses E(B-V), distance moduli and ages were determined for 141 new and 27 known, but poorly studied clusters. We present the Sternberg Astronomical Institute Open Clusters Catalog (SAI OCL Catalog) of coordinates, diameters and main physical parameters of these clusters. ...

... Participants . ... At the same time, the combinatorial description of moduli spaces of Riemann surfaces and related quantization topics together with the related issues in cluster algebras continue to thrive, including generalizations to algebras of higher rank and investigating the related algebraic structures. ... The workshop will take place at three locations: the Independent University of Moscow (3 days), the Steklov Mathematical Institute (2 days) and the Higher School of Economics (1 day). ...

... Our friends from Chile send us wonderful description of planet they found on their way to blue planet. ... Shambala, planet of highly developed creatures. ... Picture 1) We investigated and found wonderful caverns with pictures that showed high development in all disciplines: Music, Art, Poetry, Singing, Astronomy, Mathematics, Language, Geometry, Grammar; Science and Technology. ... Picture 4 Dark creatures who destroyed their own lives and the planet development attracting disaster. ... Chile. ...

... Национальное агентство по космическим исследованиям Японии (National Space Development Agency of Japan, NASDA) пережило крупную неудачу, когда в феврале этого года его новая ракета H-2A, взлетев, не смогла вывести спутник на заданную орбиту. Тогда японская компания Rocket System Corporation (RSC) потеряла один контракт на запуски спутников. ... Президент RSC сообщил на прошлой неделе правительственном комитету, что компания Space Systems/Loral может отказаться в от дальнейших запусков 8 спутников. ...

... It is now recognised that food and wine festivals and events can play a significant role in rural and urban development and regeneration and the impacts of these events can be far ranging at a social, political, economic and environmental level.Food and Wine Festivals and Events Around the World: development, management and markets is a pioneering text that recognises the importance of this area of the tourism industry. ...